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By: Tom Strong, MMATorch UK Contributor
WOW! WOW!! WOW!!! Did that really happen? What a fantastic performance from Holly Holm to become the new UFC Bantamweight Champion. Not many would've predicted the outcome of the main event, and by viewing the confidence points placed on Ronda Rousey, none of us did either. Joanna Jedrzejczyk once again put on a dominating performance, out pointing Valerie Letourneau with a unanimous decision victory, whilst I'm still wincing from the front kick Kyle Noke threw to TKO Peter Sobotta, that's going to hurt for some time!
Ok, enough of my waffle, let's see how you all got on!
Quarterfinal results in our latest World Cup are also in, so check out if you've made in through or not.
CONFIDENCE GAME FIGHT PREDICTIONS
30 people submitted an entry for this card. Here’s a combined breakdown of how many confidence points you placed on each fighter (Winner in bold):
Holly Holm - 0 Ronda Rousey - 349
Joanna Jedrzejczyk -342 Valerie Letourneau - 0
Mark Hunt - 168 Antonio Silva - 24
Robert Whittaker - 125 Uriah Hall - 105
Jared Rosholt - 34 Stefan Struve - 106
Jake Matthews - 294 Akbarh Arreloa - 0
Kyle Noke - 40 Peter Sobotta - 99
Gian Villante - 194 Anthony Perosh - 27
Danny Martinez - 52 Richie Vaculik - 53
Dan Kelly - 11 Steve Montgomery - 155
Richard Walsh - 199 Steve Kennedy - 0
James Moontasri - 163 Anton Zafir - 1
Ben Nguyen - 46 Ryan Benoit 24
CONFIDENCE GAME RESULTS
Lisa Smith (55 points) beats Cambo Nelson(33) to remain the MMATorch Confidence Picks Champion.
The Champion Lisa scored a respectable 55 points making light work of the challenger Cambo Nelson, this was made easier by the fact Cambo only predicted 4 of the 13 fights correctly and scored 33 points, the lowest score of anyone on the night.
Next up for Lisa will be Ben Heather who topped the pool with 67points, having come a close second last time out at UFC 192. Ben somehow managed to go one step further and pull off an unlikely win to be next in line to challenge Lisa at UFC 194. Ben pipped myself by 1 point, as I returned 66 points; next in line was Joel Wielenga scoring 65 points.
Well done Lisa and Ben who will battle it out at UFC 194.
Here are the results of the Confidence Picks pool:
67- Ben Heather
66- Tommy Strong
65- Jaymon1002
64- Richard Race
64- Mark Sacchetti
63- Kevin Seng
62- Sean Simpson
61- Dave Hughes
60- Chris Houten
59- Dan Moore
58- Jeff Barbone
58- Mac Kinder
58- James Brown
58- Anthony Sinnott
57- Clay Burley
57- Eugene Kim
57- Alex Potapoff
57- Brian Foe
56- Malcolm Piper
55- Lisa Smith
55- Scott Pipher
54- Charles Mickael
53- Sam Martin
49- David 'Short Fuse' Little
48- Joel 2/8 Wielenga
42- John Lewish
40- Neal Hollic
33- Cambo Nelson
Note: Should either champion, or challenger fail to submit picks for UFC 194 (Aldo vs McGregor) Tommy Strong would step up as a challenger and so on. Everyone else will be fighting for the No 1 contender slot on the night, and the right to face off against either Lisa or Ben at UFC 195.
BETTING GAME RESULTS
Joel 2/8 Wielenga ($490) beats Cambo Nelson ($0) to become the new MMATorch Betting Champion.
Both men had nights to forget especially Cambo as he lost on every bet placed. This meant Joel's single returning bet was enough for him to take the title.
It's been a while Joel, but great job winning the title.
Joel 2/8 Wielenga: $490
$200 on Noke for $490
Cambo Nelson: $0
Up next to challenge will be Ben Heather, who returned a massive $4725.11 to ensure he topped the betting pool. With shrewd bets on Noke, Martinez, and Whittaker, it was his crafty $100 bet on Holm which not only returned him $1350 it also brought him victory over myself. I thought this title challenge was mine, surely $3512.73 was more than enough to win as there was no hope of Holm pulling off the upset! How wrong I was.
Top work Ben!
Here (in no particular order) are the results from the Betting Picks pool:
Ben Heather: $4725.11
$200 on Martinez for $373.91
$200 on Noke for $490
$200 on Whittaker $450
$100 on Holm for $135
$200 Parlay on Whittaker, Noke and Martinez for $2061.20
Tommy Strong: $3512.73
$200 on Nguyen for $337.93
$100 on Martinez for $186.96
$500 on Whittaker for $1125
$200 Parlay on Whittaker, Martinez and Nguyen for $1862.84
Mark Sacchetti: $1573.37
$300 on Martinez for $560.87
$450 on Whittaker for $1012.50
James Brown: $1320
$300 on Roshold for $585.71
$300 on Noke for $735
Eugene Kim: $1225
$500 on Noke for $1225
Dan Moore: $1125
$500 on Whittaker for $1125
John Moterson: $980
$400 on Noke for $980
Sean Simpson: $735
$300 on Noke for $735
Mark Lavery: $711.75
$460 on Hunt for $627.27
$50 on Nyugen for $84.48
Sam Martin: $705
$150 on Noke for $367.50
$150 on Whittaker for $337.50
Jaymon1002: $675.86
$400 on Nguyen: $675.86
Jeff Barbone: $675
$50 on Holm for $675
Dave Hughes: $600.48
$200 on Roshold for $390.48
$200 on Joanna for $310
Kevin Seng: $612.50
$250 on Noke for $612.50
Anthony Sinnott: $675
$300 on Whittaker for $675
David Little: $450
$200 on Whittaker for $450
Lisa Smith: $360.12
$250 on Joanna for $262.50
$50 on Roshold for $97.62
Alex Potapoff: $309.52
$250 on Villante for $309.52
Charles Mickael: $272.73
$200 on Hunt for $272.73
Neal Hollic: $245
$100 on Noke for $245
Richard Race: $165
$50 on Kelly for $165
John Lewish: $0
Brian Foe: $0
Malcolm Piper $0
Mac Kinder: $0
Scott Piper: $0
Chris Houten: $0
Cambo Nelson: $0
Note: Should either champion, or challenger fail to submit picks for UFC 194 (Aldo vs. McGregor) Tommy Strong would step up as a challenger, and so on. Everyone else will be fighting for the No 1 contender slot on the night, and the right to face off against either Joel or Ben at UFC 195.
Quarterfinal Round World Cup Results:
Ben Heather (67) def.Richard Race (64) & Alex Potapoff (57)
Mark Sacchetti (64)def. Cambo Nelson (33)
Chris Houten (60) def. David Little (49)
Tommy Strong (66) def. Charles Mickael (54) & Eugene Kim (57)
Performer of the Night: Step forward Ben Heather, every dog has his day and last night was yours sir, great work!
GOAT: We've all been here before, and it's not the place you want to see your name, though it's the time for Cambo Nelson who had a torrid night.
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